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Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
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Even Evil Has Standards
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Our Zombies Are Different
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Obviously Evil
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Film Noir Index
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Soft Glass
Didn't Think This Through
Never Trust a Trailer
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Line-of-Sight Name
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished
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Wham Line
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Half the Man He Used to Be
Captain Obvious
She's Got Legs
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Took a Level in Jerkass
Arch-Enemy
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign
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Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
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Fatal Family Photo
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Evil-Detecting Dog
He Knows Too Much
Cool Shades
Dies Wide Open
Adapted Out
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Face Death with Dignity
Room Full of Crazy
A God Am I
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Butt-Monkey
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The Ditz
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Back from the Dead
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aka: The Un Favorite
Fish out of Water
Scare Chord
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Red Right Hand
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Only Sane Man
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
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Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
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It Can Think
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"Awesome McCool" Name
The Lost Lenore
Pretty in Mink
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
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Vacation Films
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Bare Your Midriff
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Only in It for the Money
The Power of Love
Darkest Hour
Rule of Three
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Only One Name
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A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Did Not Get the Girl
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Bottomless Magazines
I Have Your Wife
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Hero of Another Story
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill
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Moment Killer
In Name Only
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Sassy Black Woman
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Those Two Bad Guys
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Pretty Little Headshots
Intergenerational Friendship
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Military and Warfare Films
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Jerkass Has a Point
Demoted to Extra
Death by Adaptation
Kill 'em All
Country Matters
Enemy Mine
Serial Killer
Took a Level in Badass
Show Within a Show
One Steve Limit
Naked People Are Funny
Rewatch Bonus
Ascended Extra
My God, What Have I Done?
Agony of the Feet
Taking the Bullet
Ironic Echo
Hell Is That Noise
Continuity Nod
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Big Bad Duumvirate
What the Hell, Hero?
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Evil Sounds Deep
Fate Worse than Death
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You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
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Red Eyes, Take Warning
Recycled IN SPACE!
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Authority Equals Asskicking
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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Kids Are Cruel
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Never My Fault
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Beware the Nice Ones
Would Hit a Girl
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Silence Is Golden
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Babies Ever After
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Light Is Not Good
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Mundane Made Awesome
Bring My Brown Pants
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In Medias Res
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Big Fancy House
Badass Normal
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Homage
Bullying a Dragon
Evil Brit
Evil Counterpart
Our Vampires Are Different
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Rule of Funny
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After the End
Early Installment Weirdness
Psycho for Hire
Not What It Looks Like
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Informed Ability
The Bad Guy Wins
Mad Scientist
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How We Got Here
Brainless Beauty
The Place
An Axe to Grind
Abusive Parents
Amoral Attorney
Major Injury Underreaction
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Death Glare
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Woman in White
She Cleans Up Nicely
Villain Song
Decoy Protagonist
Gone Horribly Right
Earn Your Happy Ending
Genre Savvy
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Daylight Horror
Redshirt Army
Henpecked Husband
An Aesop
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Department of Redundancy Department
Pay Evil unto Evil
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Naïve Newcomer
An Arm and a Leg
Honor Before Reason
Breaking the Fourth Wall
No Antagonist
Epic Movie
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Camera Abuse
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Spiritual Successor
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Posthumous Character
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Big Brother Instinct
Retirony
Last-Name Basis
Narrator
Stealth Hi/Bye
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Domestic Abuse
Neck Snap
Red Shirt
Apocalypse How
Action Genre
Curse Cut Short
Central Theme
Leitmotif
Playing Gertrude
Older Than They Look
Lampshade Hanging
Dirty Old Man
Diabolus ex Machina
Psychopathic Manchild
Villain with Good Publicity
All There in the Script
The Dog Bites Back
Russian Films
Put on a Bus
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Hypocritical Humor
Ripped from the Headlines
The Smurfette Principle
Rule of Cool
Artistic License Biology
Groin Attack
Evil vs. Evil
Good Is Not Nice
Affably Evil
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Improbable Weapon User
Mind Screw
Not So Stoic
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Say My Name
It's Personal
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Cool Old Lady
Every Car Is a Pinto
Dogged Nice Guy
The Lancer
Mystery and Detective Films
The Dragon
Mama Bear
And I Must Scream
Lighter and Softer
Interrupted Suicide
Rule of Symbolism
The Bully
War Is Hell
Skewed Priorities
Missing Mom
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Double Entendre
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Knight Templar
Insult Backfire
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Sinister Minister
Credits Gag
Cool Car
Shower Scene
Implacable Man
Really Gets Around
Dirty Cop
Make It Look Like an Accident
Gory Discretion Shot
Canadian Movies
Cluster F-Bomb
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Dramatic Irony
Spanner in the Works
Hoist by His Own Petard
From Bad to Worse
Bond One-Liner
A Date with Rosie Palms
Woman Scorned
Aside Glance
BFG
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Foil
Destination Defenestration
Death Seeker
Adults Are Useless
Race Lift
Dark Is Not Evil
Big "NO!"
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Big Applesauce
Made of Iron
Fingore
Mythology Gag
Film Series
Nothing Is Scarier
Dirty Coward
Composite Character
One-Word Title
Based on a True Story
Adaptational Attractiveness
Poor Communication Kills
Damsel in Distress
Early-Bird Cameo
Dramatic Gun Cock
You Have Failed Me
Scary Black Man
Deconstruction
20 Minutes into the Future
Author Appeal
Riddle for the Ages
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Defiant to the End
Berserk Button
Cat Scare
Have a Gay Old Time
Killed Mid-Sentence
Death by Sex
Expy
Fainting
True Companions
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Famous Last Words
Redemption Equals Death
Kubrick Stare
Covers Always Lie
Almost Kiss
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Suspiciously Specific Denial
The Film of the Book
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Neck Lift
Made of Explodium
Together in Death
Male Frontal Nudity
Artistic License Military
Drives Like Crazy
Overly Long Gag
Kick the Dog
Antagonist Title
Dark Reprise
Non-Indicative Name
For Want of a Nail
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Blatant Lies
Word of God
Trailers Always Spoil
Plucky Comic Relief
Jerkass
Running Gag
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Bound and Gagged
Hero Antagonist
Chewing the Scenery
Cool Old Guy
Public Domain Feature Films
Rape as Drama
Heroes Want Redheads
The Ace
Heroic Sacrifice
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Anti-Villain
Yandere
BrotherSister Incest
Stuff Blowing Up
And the Adventure Continues
Papa Wolf
The Brute
Man on Fire
Sacrificial Lion
Married to the Job
Tagline
Nice Guy
The Casanova
Drugs Are Bad
Police are Useless
Accidental Murder
Stock Footage
Action Survivor
Dramedy
Green-Eyed Monster
Adaptational Heroism
Not Using the "Z" Word
My Greatest Failure
Broken Pedestal
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Toplessness from the Back
Oh, Crap!
My Beloved Smother
Historical-Domain Character
Not So Above It All
Shipper on Deck
HeelFace Turn
Asshole Victim
Bait-and-Switch
Hate Sink
Humans Are Bastards
Race Against the Clock
Evil Laugh
Fun with Acronyms
Taking You with Me
Ominous Latin Chanting
Gold Digger
Expository Hairstyle Change
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Artistic License Physics
Needs Wiki Magic Love
It Will Never Catch On
Hong Kong Films
Hollywood Law
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
The Hero
Whole Plot Reference
Meet Cute
Call-Back
Superhero
Bilingual Bonus
Love at First Sight
Love Triangle
Exact Words
Same Language Dub
Worthy Opponent
Villain Opening Scene
Chekhov's Skill
For the Evulz
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
A Minor Kidroduction
La Résistance
Index of Film Westerns
Badass Bookworm
Animated Credits Opening
Driven to Suicide
Parental Incest
Arc Words
Epic Fail
Guile Hero
It's All About Me
He Who Fights Monsters
Villainous Breakdown
What Happened to the Mouse?
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Spared by the Adaptation
The Reveal
Smoking Is Cool
Body Horror
Your Cheating Heart
Instant Death Bullet
Horror Comedy
The Hero Dies
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Funny Foreigner
Big Bad
Sanity Slippage
Improvised Weapon
Reality Is Unrealistic
Cloudcuckoolander
Black Dude Dies First
Madness Mantra
In the Back
The Mafia
Easily Forgiven
Dwindling Party
The Sociopath
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Dark and Troubled Past
Cain and Abel
The Stoic
The Great Depression
Bittersweet Ending
Wretched Hive
FaceHeel Turn
Blackmail
More Dakka
Obstructive Bureaucrat
N-Word Privileges
Reality Has No Subtitles
Fire-Forged Friends
Bar Brawl
Corpsing
Insistent Terminology
Becoming the Mask
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
British Films
The Faceless
Author Avatar
Final Girl
Not Quite Dead
Handicapped Badass
Adaptational Villainy
Funny Background Event
Up to Eleven
Kill It with Fire
Obfuscating Stupidity
Ghost Fiction
Age Lift
Brutal Honesty
Karma Houdini
Animal Motifs
The '60s
Blood from the Mouth
Greater-Scope Villain
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
The Atoner
Closed Circle
The Cavalry
Fanservice Extra
Time Skip
Humiliation Conga
Manly Tears
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Broken Aesop
I Need a Freaking Drink
Eureka Moment
Only a Flesh Wound
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Video Credits
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Cruel and Unusual Death
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Truth in Television
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Off with His Head!
As You Know
Artistic License History
Actually Pretty Funny
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Vomit Discretion Shot
Visual Pun
Celebrity Paradox
One-Man Army
Pimped-Out Dress
Japanese Films
Protagonist Title
Eye Scream
Monumental Damage
Creative Closing Credits
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
I Did What I Had to Do
Abhorrent Admirer
Blood Knight
Retcon
Break the Cutie
As the Good Book Says...
Freudian Excuse
Empathic Environment
The '80s
Disney Villain Death
Undying Loyalty
Bloodless Carnage
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Laser-Guided Karma
Never Found the Body
From Nobody to Nightmare
Bavarian Fire Drill
Car Fu
All Just a Dream
Sequel Hook
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Chekhov's Gun
Contrived Coincidence
Fiery Redhead
Crazy Jealous Guy
Ms. Fanservice
Lock and Load Montage
Fake Shemp
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Unusual Euphemism
Insane Troll Logic
Friend to All Children
Beard of Evil
Here We Go Again!
Cold-Blooded Torture
Historical Villain Upgrade
Reasonable Authority Figure
Pragmatic Villainy
Bond Villain Stupidity
Training Montage
Crapsack World
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Totally Radical
You Killed My Father
Too Dumb to Live
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Black Best Friend
Black and Gray Morality
Tranquil Fury
Biopic
The Chessmaster
Heel Realization
Be Careful What You Wish For
Demonic Possession
Awesome, but Impractical
Anachronic Order
And Starring
All There in the Manual
Retired Badass
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
The End... Or Is It?
Black Comedy
Genre Shift
Faking the Dead
Annoying Younger Sibling
Stylistic Suck
Extreme Doormat
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Punny Name
Real Life Writes the Plot
Distracted by the Sexy
Take a Third Option
The Stinger
Spell My Name with an "S"
Badass Boast
Death of a Child
Your Head A-Splode
Psychological Thriller
Creator Cameo
Only Known by Their Nickname
Logo Joke
Italian Films
Book-Ends
Historical In-Joke
Pragmatic Adaptation
Horror Films
Overprotective Dad
Refuge in Audacity
I'm a Humanitarian
Foregone Conclusion
Male Gaze
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Token Minority
Badass Grandpa
Silent Movie
Get Out!
Zombie Stories
Evil Is Petty
Pyrrhic Victory
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Anyone Can Die
Leave the Camera Running
Air-Vent Passageway
Adaptational Badass
The Alleged Car
Those Two Guys
Thriller
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Catch-Phrase
Sadistic Choice
Revenge
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